Daily sex helps improve fertility

Compared to other mammals, humans have low fertility rates. Less than 30% of conceptions result in a successful pregnancy. But a new study may have a way to attenuate the problem: more sex.

In order to find a way to lessen DNA problems of sperm, Dr. David Greening, a gynecologist and endocrinologist from Australia, studied the effects of daily ejaculations on damage rates. The longer sperm stays inside the testicles, the more likely it is to suffer from reactive oxygen species, DNA’s number one enemy. By ejaculating daily, theoretically sperm should be healthier and more able to achieve conception.

Read more: http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Daily-sex-helps-improve-fertility

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Conception know-how tips to help you fast track fertility

An estimated 11 million couples in the U.S. are currently trying to conceive and millions more are starting to think about it.

FACT OR FICTION? The longer it takes you to get pregnant, the more likely you are to conceive a boy.
FACT OR FICTION? A woman in her early 20s not using birth control has a 50 percent chance of getting pregnant each month.
FACT OR FICTION? Saliva is the most fertility friendly lubricant to use when you're TTC (trying to conceive)
FACT OR FICTION? Boxers are a better bet than briefs when you're TTC.
FACT OR FICTION? Laptops can impair sperm production.
FACT OR FICTION? It's best to take a home pregnancy test first thing in the morning.
FACT OR FICTION? The average couple conceives within three months of trying.
FACT OR FICTION? The more sex you have during your fertile days, the more likely you are to conceive.

Heidi Murkoff's brand-new book, WHAT TO EXPECT BEFORE YOU'RE EXPECTING is the must-have, step-by-step preconception plan every couple needs before they're expecting.

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Men prefer curves while women fall for the right scent, claims new book on love

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There are good reasons why men like curvy bums and why most of us turn our heads to the right when we kiss - and the answers are a lot less romantic than we might imagine.

Q WHY do some men smell better to you than others?

Admit it - you have loved a partner's smell so much that you'd sniff his dirty shirts (we're talking natural body odour only, not cologne or other smells). At least once you've decided not to change the sheets so you could wallow in his aromatic embrace for another night.

If so, it's a good sign. A man's natural scent probably has something to do with why you're with him in the first place.

Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? by Jena Pincott (RRP s12.99) at the discounted price of s10.99 (including p&p). To order a copy, call Book post PLC on 01624 677237 quoting the reference code DR-DGPB.

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Want to have a boy? Eat a banana

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Check out this fertility myths - or are they truths?

1. KEEPING a fella’s crown jewels cool could boost your chance of conceiving a boy

2. EAT bananas for a boy

3. HAVE sex standing up

4. DEEP penetration during sex for a boy, shallow for a girl

5. HAVE sex close to ovulation for a boy, two to three days before ovulation for a girl

6. IF he climaxes first, you’ll get a boy. If she does, a girl

7. Make love at night on odd days of the month for a boy, in the afternoon on even days for a girl

8. GIVE into chocolate cravings

9. HAPPY marriages give you boys.

10. DRINK coffee before sex

11. EAT cereal for a boy

12. PUT a wooden spoon under your bed and a pink ribbon under your pillow for a girl.

Answers: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/article1753761.ece

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Love stinks

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Use of birth control pill could be leading women by the nose

If you've ever wondered "What the hell was I thinking?" after breaking up with a bloke, you may want to blame the birth control pill.

Seems that teeny tiny contraceptive may be altering your mate selection by tinkering with the type of male scent that attracts you, a combined study by the universities of Liverpool and Newcastle has found.

What's the big deal, you ask?

Well, when untampered with, a woman's natural mate selection steers her toward finding a mate who is genetically different.

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Nature's ambush: pregnancy more likely from single unprotected intercourse than believed

US research published (Thursday 10 June) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction[1] suggests that a single act of unprotected intercourse is more likely to lead to an unwanted pregnancy than was previously believed.

In a study on women who had either been sterilised or were using an intrauterine device (IUD) the frequency of intercourse increased during the six most fertile days of the menstrual cycle and peaked at ovulation – despite the fact that these women clearly did not want a baby.

The research team studied 68 sexually active women over three months (a total of 171 ovulatory cycles). The women kept diaries of days when intercourse occurred, and collected daily urine specimens. Researchers later used the samples to identify the fertile days in the cycles. Overall, intercourse was 24% more frequent during the fertile days than during the rest of the cycle.

Lead research Professor Allen Wilcox from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Durham, North Carolina, said: "There apparently are biological factors promoting intercourse during a woman's six fertile days, whether she wants a baby or not.

"It suggests that couples who 'take a chance' with unprotected intercourse have the deck stacked against them. Intercourse apparently does not happen randomly. It's more likely to occur on the fertile days, even though the average woman won't know when these days are. For whatever reasons (and we don't yet understand the biological reasons behind this) a woman who engages in a single act of unprotected intercourse is more likely to get pregnant than was previously believed."

He said: "It's not uncommon for a doctor to hear from an unhappily pregnant patient that she and her partner had taken a chance 'just this once'. It may be easy to dismiss such claims, but our data suggest these women are probably telling the truth."

Prof. Wilcox and his colleagues from the NIEHS and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, were following up on their earlier research showing six days in a menstrual cycle when a woman can become pregnant – the five days up to ovulation and the day of ovulation itself. It's already known that, in mammals, intercourse is often coordinated with ovulation. This can be caused, for example, by fluctuations in libido or by ovulation being accelerated by intercourse. But none of these mechanisms has been established in humans.

The researchers hypothesised that if biological mechanisms affect the timing of intercourse, it was likely that intercourse would be more frequent during the fertile days. Their analysis of the women's data showed that, indeed, the six consecutive days with the highest frequency of intercourse corresponded exactly with the fertile days.

The overall frequency throughout the cycle was 0.29 per day (equivalent to twice a week). During the six fertile days it was 0.34 compared with 0.27 for the rest of the month – an increase of 24%. Intercourse peaked just before and on the day of ovulation – yet the women had no reason to modify the timing in relation to their fertile cycle.

Prof. Wilcox said there were at least three possible explanations:

An increase in the woman's libido at ovulation – a previous study has suggested that women have heightened interest in sex at this time;
An increase in the woman's sexual attractiveness, via subtle behavioural cues from the woman or possibly due to the production of pheromones at this time – both factors have been suggested in previous studies;

Intercourse accelerating ovulation – experiments on rodents have suggested this, and a sub-analysis of the new study supports this possibility. However, a clinical trial would be necessary to establish such a mechanism in humans. "A simple randomized trial of volunteer couples using non hormonal birth control could test this last hypothesis definitively," said Prof. Wilcox.

"It's remarkable that the biological forces shaping this intimate aspect of human behaviour have gone largely unrecognized. In part, this may be because the effect on intercourse is modest. But it's also because we just haven't paid much attention."

What is the take-home message for couples? "For couples who want a baby these biological mechanisms are a silent partner, helping to optimize the timing of intercourse. For couples who do not want a baby, however, these data are a caution. Such couples need to know that nature is subtly working against them," said Prof. Wilcox. He advises women who do not wish to become pregnant to be aware that occasional unprotected intercourse may be more risky than chance alone would predict. "There is no substitute for reliable birth control."


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[1] On the frequency of intercourse around ovulation: evidence for biological influences. Human Reproduction. DOI:10.1093/humrep/deh305.

Notes:
1. PDF version of this press release and full embargoed text of the paper with complete results can be found from 09.00hrs London time Tuesday 8 June: http://www3.oup.co.uk/eshre/press-release/jun041.pdf or is available from Margaret Willson.

2. Human Reproduction is a monthly journal of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Please acknowledge Human Reproduction as a source. Dr Helen Beard, Managing Editor. Tel: +44 (0) 01954 212404. Email: beardh@humanreproduction.co.uk

3. ESHRE's website is: http://www.eshre.com

4. Abstracts of other papers in ESHRE's three journals: Human Reproduction, Molecular Human Reproduction & Human Reproduction Update can be accessed post embargo from: http://www3.oup.co.uk/eshre/
Full text of papers available on request from Margaret Willson.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-06/esfh-nap060704.php

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Improve Your Love Life + Your Fertility - Tip #1

Tip#1 - Sleep together naked.

Benefits
- helps to keep his testicles cool, improving his sperm count.
- this is the way nature intended for us to bond.
- for most men, virtually anything done in the nude with one's wife is at least somewhat sexual.
- nudity is (or is supposed to be) something we only do with our spouse. Naked activities therefore create a sense of bonding by setting them apart from clothed activities we do with others.
- if the goal is skin contact, then the more skin available, the more contact we can have.

Sleeping: Sleeping together is, in our minds, extremely important. Part of sleeping together is falling asleep together and waking up together. It's not just about being in the same place; bedtime small talk and half asleep hugs can create a deep sense of closeness. Lori and I feel so strongly about sleeping together that when I worked nights I went to bed with her and lay with her until she fell asleep. When I went to bed, she was always there too. Of course this fell short of what's best, which is to spend the whole night in the same bed.

Recent research on pheromones (we call them "airborne hormones") suggests that prolonged exposure to each other's pheromones has profound affects on us. While the details aren't in, it seems likely that the pheromones we get while sleeping together actually make us feel closer, more secure, and more loved; they may even contribute to better physical and mental health!

Sleeping in the nude seems to violate some unwritten rule in America. It may be good for the folks who make pajamas, but why do we "dress" for bed? Not that we are opposed to lingerie, but we see that as something which is put on to be taken off. If we can't be "naked and unashamed" in bed with our own spouse something is wrong.

MEN: Realize that your wife needs non-sexual touch in order to be physically and emotionally healthy. A lack of touch makes it impossible for her to desire or enjoy sex; she might say yes, and she might climax, but she will not truly enjoy it. Her negative responses in these cases are not manipulation, rather you are seeing the result of the way the lack of touch and intimacy affects her brain.

Source: http://www.themarriagebed.com/pages/sexuality/iplay/three_s.shtml